CHILLING. Timothy Snyder: It's not even simply American imperialism. It is America enabling Russian imperialism.

[highplainsdem]

Three-post thread on Bluesky:

https://bsky.app/profile/timothysnyder.bsky.social/post/3llfcgfbysk2w

https://bsky.app/profile/timothysnyder.bsky.social/post/3llfcgfcbls2w

https://bsky.app/profile/timothysnyder.bsky.social/post/3llfcgfccl22w

Timothy Snyder
‪@timothysnyder.bsky.social‬

Important to realize that Trump’s approach to Canada and Greenland is like his approach to Ukraine. It’s not even simply American imperialism. It is America enabling Russian imperialism. (1/3)


It’s America destroying its own best alliances, cutting itself off from its own crucial bases, making a Russian nuclear first strike on the US easier, opening Arctic territories that were once safe to Russian expansion. (2/3)


That’s the one logic that makes it all make sense. There is no conception of US interests, including an imperial one, in which this makes sense. (3/3)

March 27, 2025 at 5:01 PM

[SheltieLover]

1. Absolutely! And attempting to replicate it here!

[allegorical oracle]

2. Know this sounds crazy, but wonder if djt and Pootie have teamed up to take over the

planet. Every time I think about all that private time they spent together in Helsinki, it makes me wince. And there's no telling how much discussion and planning they enjoyed while djt had four years off.

[SheltieLover]

5. You're not the only one wondering about these things!

[NCDem47]

8. It's been my #1 working theory!

Putin gets Europe. Jinping gets Asia. China and Russia drain anything not nailed down in Africa and Middle East. And Trump is left alone in the Americas. I guess we can all migrate to Australia and Oceania.

[Kid Berwyn]

3. Putin wins!

Again.

[JI7]

4. Yes, abby influence that outsiders have is becsuse there are Americans

that are supporting them. And non just some random unknowns . But people in places of power also.

[meadowlander]

6. And Chinese imperialism.

Just the three worst people in the world trying to divide it up between them bankrolled by the richest and most obnoxious people imaginable.

[ffr]

7. I have that same stunned feeling I had from election night, that things are going to get worse for Americans

However, for Russians, it's only going to get better as we hand over our security to them.

Chilling is right!

[Irish_Dem]

9. All paths lead back to Putin.

Pelosi was 100% correct.

[highplainsdem]

10. kick